Canopy holder



Dec. 8, 1925. 1,565,191

v. P. NELSON CANOPY HOLDER Filed March 13, 1925 3 see 1 WITNESSES INVENTOR I I lflmderisflfl VjzzaflvIA Eli/@501 m @mmo ATTORNEYS V. P. NELSON CANOPY HOLDER Dec 8, 1925- 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 INVENTOR I l/AQG/N/A P A/EL 50/\/ Filed March 15, 1925 ATIORNEYSn Patented Dec. 8, 1925.

UNITED STATES VIRGINIA P. NELSON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

CANOPY HOLDER.

Application filed March 13, 1925.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VIRGINIA P. NELSON, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and improved Canopy Holder. of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to canopy holders, an object of the invention being to provide a knockdown foldable or collapsible canopy holder which. can be easily and quickly located in operative position on a bed and which will serve to support a canopy of mosquito netting and the like so as to effectually protect the occupant of the bed from annoyance of mosquitoes, flies and other insects.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which may be knocked down or taken apart and packed and stored in a very small space so that it can be conveniently transported or shifted.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which is especially adapted for the traveling public, permitting the same to be carried in a small package in an automobile or traveling bag, and which can be readily assembled for use whenever desired.

A further object is to provide a device of this character which can be manufactured and sold at a reasonably low price and which will most efficiently perform the functions for which it is intended.

With these and other objects in View, the invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts. which will'be more fully hereinafter described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view showing my improved device in operative position on a bed;

Figures 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are per spectlve views of various details of the device;

Figure 10 illustrates in perspective a pair of hooks which may be employed if desired; and

Figure 11 is a perspective View illustrating a modification.

My improved canopy holder comprises a supporting bracket 1, which is illustrated in detail in igure 3. This bracket 1 is pref- Serial No. 15,417.

erably composed of a flat bar having arms .3 projecting at right angles therefrom. This bracket is secured to the bed or rather to the head of the bed, illustrated by the reference numeral 13, by the following mechanism:

8 represents .a bar carrying a pair of hooks 11 which engage over the upper bar 12 of the bed head 13. A pair of clamping bars 16 is positioned at opposite sides of the upright rods 16 of the bed head, and are clamped by bolts 6 and wing nuts 10. Angle brackets .1 and 5 are secured to the bar 8 a :1d one of the bars 16, respectively, and an extension 5 is adjustably secured to the bracket 5.

Between the bracket 1- and the extension 5 a tube 3 is located and a bolt or rod 3 is projected through the arms 2, through the bracket 4, and through the extension 5, and

soured in place by wing nuts 10. Coil springs 4: are located on the rod or bolt 3 between the arms 2 and the bracket 4 and extension 5, respectively, so as to offer frictional resistance, and while they permit the bracket 1 to swing they hold the latter against accidental movement.

On' this bracket and more particularly the bar forming the bracket, a series of angular sleeves 7 are secured in alinement.

I have illustrated my improvement as attached to a metal bed 14: having the ordinary headboard 13 and footboard 15, but it isobvious that it may be secured to any other style of bed, and, if desired, a pair of hook bars 33, may be coupled to one of the bars 16 and be positioned under the bottom of the headboard of the bed so that the said device can be clamped between the hooks 11, and the hook bars 33.

I have used the reference numeral 6 to indicate each of the bolts as they are alike and have standard wing nuts 10 thereon so that these bolts 6 are interchangeable and may be used in various places set forth.

The angular sleeves 7 support a vertical angular post 17 having an angular sleeve 18 at its upper end in which a similar post section 19 is coupled. A tubular angle 20, preferably angular in cross section, is located on the upper end of the post section 19 and supports a horizontal arm 21 located therein. This arm 21 has a hook 22 at its free end which is adapted to engage in a iing 24 on the central plate 25 of a collapsiblespider 26.

This collapsible spider 26 has a series of radially projecting arms 27 which may beof wire or other like material and which are movably connected at their inner ends to the plate so that they may be folded together or collapsed as indicated in Figure 2. These arms 27 support at their outer ends couplings 28 which constitute plates having perforated lugs 29 intermediate their ends for coupling to the outer ends of the arms 27. The upper and lower edges of the couplings 2S are bent over and toward each other, forming guides 30 to receive the ends of strips 31.

I have shown four of these strips 31 and four coupling devices but it is obvious that I may employ any desired number and any desired length of strip in accordance with the diameter of the canopy supporter desired.

These strips 31 are preferably of thin steel or other bendable material so that they may be curved in the arc of a circle with their ends projected into the guides 30 of the couplings 28 so as to provide a circular framework, as illustrated clearly in Figure 1, over which a canopy, indicated by dotted lines 32, can be located and supported.

This canopy 32 may be made in any desired manner and is preferably of mosquito netting so that when it is supported on the canopy holder it will enclose the bed and protect the occupant from mosquitoes, insects and the like.

In Figure 11 I illustrate a modified form of canopy supporting device, which includes a bar 34; having a pair of hooks 35 to engage over the upper bar of the headboard of the bed and pivotally connectwith the bar 34 by rivets 36., 37 and 38 are angle brackets having hooked ends. The hooked end of angle bracket 37 is adapted to engage through a slot 39 in the central bar 34, and the hooked end of angle bracket 38 engages ihrough a central slot 40 in a bar 41.

42 represents a strip corresponding to the bracket 1 of the preferred form having arms 43 thereon which are pivotally connected to the brackets 37 and 38 by a rod 44 which is upset at its ends to secure them and to pivotally connect the parts together.

A hinge 45 is connected to the angle bracket 37 and has a bifurcated end 46 to engage over one of the arms 43 and hold the bracket against pivotal movement. The bracket constituting the bar or strip 42 carries a series of angular sleeves 47 corresponding to the sleeves 7 of the preferred form.

48. 48 represents a pair of hooks adapted to engage under the bottom of the headboard of the bed, and these hooks 48 have slots 49 therein receiving adjusting straps 50 which also are positioned through slots 51 in the bar 40 to vary the length of the device in accordance with the height of the bed structure.

It will thus be seen that with my improved device the several parts thereof can be manufactured at .an extremely low price and they can be assembled and taken apart by any one of average intelligence so that the device can be easily and quickly placed in position on a bed or removed therefrom and the several parts disconnected and packed in a small space when not desired for use.

Various slight changes and alterations might be made in the general form of the parts described without departing from my invention, and hence I do not limit myself to the precise details set forth but consider myself at liberty to make such slight changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A device of the character described, comprising a post adapted to be secured to a bed, an arm on the upper end of the post, a canopy holder removably connected to the arm and comprising a collapsible spider, couplings at the ends of the spider members, and flexible strips interposed between the couplings and at their ends engaging the couplings and forming a circular member.

2. A device of the character described, comprising a late, a series of arms movably connected to the plate, couplings connected to the outer ends of the arms and having turnover flanges at their edges, and bendable strips interposed between the couplings and at their ends located in the flanges of the respective couplings and forming a canopy supporting member, and means for supporting said member over a bed.

3. A device ofthe character described, comprising a bracket, bars adapted to engage a bed and secured to one end of said bracket, a crossbar secured to the other end of said bracket, hooks on said last-mentioned bar adapted to en age over the end of the bed, sleeves on the racket, a post removably mounted in the sleeves and comprising a plurality of sections, an arm removably connected to the upper end of the post, a hook on the arm, and a canopy supporting device removably connected to the hook.

4:. A canopy holder, including a hook member adapted to engage over the upper portion of a bed end, a bracket having pivotal connection to said member, a second member adapted to be secured to the bed and also pivotally supporting the bracket, 9. series of sleeves mounted on the bracket, an upright mounted in the sleeves, a canopy holder carried by the upright, and means for holding the bracket and upright in a pivotal position relative to its support.

VIRGINIA P. NELSON. 

